Water scarcity in Africa and parts of the Middle East is now being tracked through the use of satellite data. Information on the amount of water being used to irrigate crops is being tracked on an online database which makes use of satellite...
Waste dug up more than a century ago from one of the world’s largest gold deposits in South Africa is leaking a toxic cocktail of chemicals into the ground. It has left communities exposed to radiation, contaminated dust and polluted water,...
Water scientists and researchers are reaching new heights in the search for new water resources. Scientists in the United States have created a new device that harvests water directly from the air in arid regions. It is said to be powered entirely...
An overloaded sewerage system is no longer causing a stink in Newscastle, KwaZulu-Natal. The outdated Ncandu pump station, situated five kilometres from the town, was unable to meet high sewage capacities. This left the municipality and downstream...
Water consumption levels have successfully decreased in City of Cape Town. As of last week, the city managed to use only 685 million litres per day, after setting a 700 million litre per day target. Xanthea Limberg, mayoral committee member for...
Fleet operators are faced with hidden, expensive and sometimes needless costs on a daily basis. Fleetmatics has compiled nine tips to help deal with this. Stop paying for hours not worked You only bill your customers for hours that are true – and...
Shortly after South Africa had its foreign investment rating knocked down a few pegs, state-owned entity Transnet was also dealt a blow. The freight and logistics company recently had its long-term foreign and local currency ratings...
It’s no secret that the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) has battled to collect fees from road users since the e-tolling system was introduced on the Gauteng road network. Since then there has been an outcry from road users and...
The lowering of South Africa’s foreign currency credit rating by S&P and Moody’s ratings agencies will place fleet operators under pressure in the next financial year according to Murray Price, managing director of Eqstra Fleet Management and...
IMIESA speaks to Sipho Madonsela, CEO of the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA), about the organisation’s pivotal role. What is ECSA’s vision and mission? SM: Our goal is to establish world-class standards for engineering excellence in...
